Always likked the song. The group made 0 money, since they used a riff owned by the stones producer who won a judgement claiming the riff was lifted from a stones song, I didn`t look this up, I just remember the story.

Always likked the song. The group made 0 money, since they used a riff owned by the stones producer who won a judgement claiming the riff was lifted from a stones song, I didn`t look this up, I just remember the story.

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I think it was worse than that. If I remember correctly, they actually negotiated royalties for the song with the Stones before they released it and then after it released and it was a hit they found out someone else owned the rights to the particular version they riffed and then had no bargaining power to keep at least some of the royalties of the song. But yes, they don't see a dime from this song which was their only hit because they broke up shortly after this song became a hit.

I think it was worse than that. If I remember correctly, they actually negotiated royalties for the song with the Stones before they released it and then after it released and it was a hit they found out someone else owned the rights to the particular version they riffed and then had no bargaining power to keep at least some of the royalties of the song. But yes, they don't see a dime from this song which was their only hit because they broke up shortly after this song became a hit.

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Allot of that type of thing in music. A group called De La Soul made 0 too, they never got permission from the person that owns the rights to a Turtles song, for a sample they used